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Chiratta / Siriyanangai / Kiriyathth Powder

Tamil : Siriyaanangai - சிறியாநங்கை

Malayalam : Kiriyathth (കിരിയത്ത്)

Hindi : कीरायत (Kirayat)

Telugu : Nelavemaa (నేలవేము)

Description

Siriyanangai ( Kariyat ) is a herbaceous plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to India and Sri Lanka. It is an erect annual herb extremely bitter in taste in each and every part of the plant body . It grows erect to a height of 30-110 cm in moist shady places with glabrous leaves and white flowers having rose-purple spots on the petals. Flowers are small, solitary in panicles. Fruit is approximately 2 cm long. Seeds are numerous, yellow-brown in colour. The flowers of Siriyanangai looks like a snake cobra. This medicinal plant is used for snake bites in some villages.

Benefits & Uses

Siriyanangai has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor properties. It has been described as antipyretic and hepatoprotective.

It is used for fever and liver disorders.

It has beneficial effect in reducing diarrhea.

It is used in treatment of Jaundice.

It is used in case of diseases like flu, sinusites, upper respiratory tract infection, cough and bronchitis.

Used as one of the best remedies for Malaria.

It acts to dispel heat and remove toxins.

Kariyat is a blood purifier, so used to cure torbid liver, jaundice, dermatological diseases.